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Old 07-25-2014, 01:51 PM   #39
Christopher R. Rice
 
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Default Re: Force Sword Techniques -

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Originally Posted by sir_pudding View Post
It lets you draw it and switch it on as free action. The description in Ultra-Tech still says that it takes a second to form a coherent blade. That's a technical limitation that doesn't seem to affected by your awesome Iajitsu technique.

This is like any other mechanical limitation on Fast-Draw. You can fast draw a musket ball, and a powder apostle and cut off a second but it still takes a long time to load a smoothbore matchlock.
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Originally Posted by B274
This is an energy blade. Take a Ready maneuver to activate/deactivate.
But it doesn't say that in the Basic Set, so there is a conflicting description. Usually, the latter book is correct - but that makes doing some of the speedy draw tricks with force swords impossible. You can Fast-Draw the sword from your belt as a Free Action, but you have to wait a second to use it. That doesn't smell right to me. Time to call in the PTB, you think SP?
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